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VINTAGE! - Real Deal 100+ year old Rawhide Snowshoes from Red Lodge, MT

$ 46.99

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Continent: North America
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • City/Region: Red Lodge, MT
  • Region: Montana
  • Country: USA
  • Condition: My Grandpa was one of the first projectionists for the Roman Theater in Red Lodge, MT, and he bought these from Talmage Hardware right after he got home from being a doughboy in WW1. They've been in the family (and used) by four generations. Cool to look at, to use, to hang on your wall!

    Description

    So you are looking for an old pair of snowshoes to hang on the mantle of your Mountain home or Ski Chalet fireplace...  well, here you go.  These weren't brand name back then and were likely made locally or nearby.  My grandpa bought these for hunting as Red Lodge gets a lot of snow.  He was likely the 2nd projectionist at the then-new Roman Theater.  Talmage Hardware was THE Hardware store back then.  My grandma had many talents... she was a nurse but also a piano player and she played the piano score while my grandpa cranked the projector.  My grandpa went on to become the first projectionist at the then-new FOX Theater in Billings, and, of course brought these snowshoes with him.
    My dad used these for hunting, I used them for delivering my Billings Gazette paper route, my son used them to tromp around CT.
    Well... we're downsizing massively and moving to FL.  So these are cool but won't fit our new motif.
    Buy yourself a pair with Real Wear and not fake never-been-worn wear.  The Rawhide is PURE ART.  They are beautiful now but made to be functional and dependable back then.
    they are about 10" wide by 58-59" long.